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Detection and identification of living modified organisms: submission of information and nomination of experts

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/87054 (2017-141)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Financial Statements of the Trust Funds of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/AFC/MRH/87024 (2017-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Submission of information requested in decision VIII/17 on Contained Use (Article 6)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86806 (2017-142)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Nomination of Experts to the Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms for Francophone Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, 5-9 March 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86969 (2017-137)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region

States fulfil their commitment: Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress obtains required number of ratifications for entry into force

6 December 2017 – The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, following the deposit of the instrument of acceptance by Japan on 5 December 2017, will enter into force on 5 March 2018.

Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

5 - 8 December 2017, Montreal, Canada

Nominations for the Africa Regional Workshop on strengthening capacities for the integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity, Lilongwe, Malawi - 19-23 February 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/JSH/PD/MW/87010 (2017-132)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points from the Africa region

Nomination of Experts to the Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms for Francophone Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, 5-9 March 2018

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86969 (2017-118)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and Relevant Organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Francophone Africa region

Asia-Pacific Science-Policy Dialogue on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86928 (2017-117)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region

Asian Subregional Workshop on Strengthening Capacities for the Integrated Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity

6 - 10 November 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asia-Pacific Science-Policy Dialogue on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86928 (2017-111)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region

Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Biosafety Protocol edges closer to entering into force

12 October 2017 – With the Democratic Republic of the Congo depositing its instrument of accession on 4 October 2017, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety needs only one more instrument of ratification, acceptance, approva ...

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting on Socio-economic Considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

9 - 13 October 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Statement by Dr. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sixth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, Item 6, Budva, Montenegro, 11-13 September 2017

Submission of information requested in decision VIII/17 on Contained Use (Article 6)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86806 (2017-087)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

UNEP/CBD/CPSEC/AHTEG/2017/1/2

Co-Chairs’ Text: Draft Guidance on the Assessment of Socio-Economic Considerations in the Context of Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Date and venue of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2018

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/86703 (2017-075)
To: All CBD, CPB and ABS Focal Points and relevant organizations

Nominations for the Asia Sub Regional Workshop on strengthening capacities for the integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 6-10 November 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86714 (2017-073)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points from the Asia sub-region

CBD/CP/DI/WS/2017/1/2

Report of the Asia-Pacific Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-economic Considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PS/86495 (2017-063)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Selected countries to participate in the project on “Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress”

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86494 (2017-064)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

With Ratification by Central African Republic, Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress closer to entering into force

4 July 2017 – Central African Republic deposited its instrument of ratification to the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 15 June 2017.

CBD/CP/CC/14/5

Report of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of Its Fourteenth Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 16-18 May 2017

Extension of Deadline: Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-050)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Call for expression of interest to participate in the project on "Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, and the Convention on Biological Diversity”

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86494 (2017-051)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/DA/86613 (2017-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-046)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/MW/86375 (2017-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Fourteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

16 - 18 May 2017, Montreal, Canada

CBD/CP/HTPI/WS/2017/1/2

Report of the Workshop on Developing Capacity for National Border Controls on Living Modified Organisms in Pacific Small Island Developing States, Suva, 27-29 March 2017

Call for expression of interest to participate in the project on "Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, and the Convention on Biological Diversity"

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86494 (2017-040)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress closer to entering into force

2 May 2017 – Cuba deposited its instrument of accession to the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 26 April 2017. Thus only three more ratifications are required for the Supplementary Protocol to enter into force.

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socio-Economic Considerations and submission of information (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86495 (2017-039)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

Submission of information requested in decision VIII/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/MW/86376 (2017-035)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

UNEP/CBD/BS/MB/WS/2016/2/2

Report of the Global Workshop on Integrated Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Convention on Biological Diversity, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 31 October- 4 November 2016

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-028)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Pacific small island developing States

27 - 29 March 2017, Suva, Fiji

Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity

20 March 2017 – Cristiana Paşca Palmer today assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal global treaty on biodiversity.

Asia-Pacific Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

20 - 24 March 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/DA/MW/86375 (2017-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Follow-up to decisions of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Overview of requests for action and planned activities for the next biennium

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/mw/86348 (2017-022)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations

Launch of the Biodiversity e-Learning Platform

Reference: SCBD/IMS/RS/ET/CP/86275 (2017-021)
To: CBD, CPB, NP Focal Points, other Governments, relevant organizations and IPLCs

Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/KNM/86308 (2017-016)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 27-29 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/PD/ps/86212 (2017-010)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 27-29 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/PD/ps/86212 (2017-004)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu and relevant organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/MPM/DA/86174 (2017-001)
To: CPB Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Asia-Pacific workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20-24 March 2017

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/DA/86174 (2016-149)
To: CPB National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen, Relevant Organizations

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

UN Biodiversity Conference results in significant commitments for action on biodiversity

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

11 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico